Increased Tension Leading To The Wall
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- Increase In Tensions Leading To The Wall
- Bizonia
- In 1947 America and England joined their zones to create Bizonia
- The creation of Bizonia made reunification less likely
- After the creation of Bizonia the Western zones changed the currency to the Deutschmark without telling Stalin. This was in 1948.
- Stalin responded to this with the Berlin Blockade. June 1948 - May 1949
- The Berlin Blockade stopped the West entering West Berlin.
- This meant they had 3 options either pull out of West Berlin, wage war on Russia or drop food and resources from planes.
- A plane had to land every 90 seconds to feed the people of West Berlin.
- West Berliners lived mainly on tinned and dried food.
- Electricity only worked for 4 hours a day.
- This meant they had 3 options either pull out of West Berlin, wage war on Russia or drop food and resources from planes.
- The Berlin Blockade stopped the West entering West Berlin.
- Stalin responded to this with the Berlin Blockade. June 1948 - May 1949
- In 1949 Bizonia became Trizonia.
- FRG
- Everything about the FRG was set up in order
- In August 1949 the CDU narrowly won the elections with 131 seats.
- Konrad Adenaur was the first Chancellor of the FRG
- Erhard took over in 1966
- In the FRG the social market economy was the economic system.
- The FRG was the 2nd largest economy in the world
- This was a key part of Adenaur staying in power.
- In 1959 the SPD became a catch all party and gathered more support than the CDU.
- Before the Berlin Wall went up 3 million people moved from the GDR to the FRG. This was almost 1/6th of the population.
- JUNE 1953 UPRISING
- A strike broke out in East Berlin and spread across the GDR.
- Some of the chants included 'we don't want a national arm, we want butter'
- The strikes reached half a million workers and spread across 200 cities.
- The Soviet forces intervened with 600 tanks and 20,000 soldiers.
- This was the first time Soviet forces had to intervene in a socialist uprising.
- Officially there were 21 deaths, but the number is more likely to be near 50
- 20 people were executed, 6000 arrested and 500 given life sentences.
- This led to the USSR having to formally recognise the GDR
- JUNE 1953 UPRISING
- GDR/DDR
- Ulbricht was the First Secretary of the GDR.
- He had the mos power because the SED were the largest party.
- Achieved some economic and social moves. Especially compared to other socialists countries.
- Widely regarded as the best socialist state in the world.
- JUNE 1953 UPRISING
- A strike broke out in East Berlin and spread across the GDR.
- Some of the chants included 'we don't want a national arm, we want butter'
- The strikes reached half a million workers and spread across 200 cities.
- The Soviet forces intervened with 600 tanks and 20,000 soldiers.
- This was the first time Soviet forces had to intervene in a socialist uprising.
- Officially there were 21 deaths, but the number is more likely to be near 50
- 20 people were executed, 6000 arrested and 500 given life sentences.
- This led to the USSR having to formally recognise the GDR
- The GDR created the Stasi. This was mainly used for spying purposes.
- Ulbricht was the First Secretary of the GDR.
- Bizonia
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